Base Metals

Boss, Coda secure exploration tenements in South Australia

Boss Energy and its partner Coda Minerals, a copper developer, have been granted four exploration tenements that are ‘highly prospective’…

Buenaventura temporarily halts work at Tajo Norte Mine in Peru

Peru’s precious metals mining company Compañia de Minas Buenaventura (Buenaventura) has temporarily suspended mining activities at Colquijirca’s Tajo Norte open-pit…

Orex enters LoI to buy Mexican gold-silver project

Orex Minerals, a Canadian mineral exploration company, has signed a letter of intent (Lol) with Exploraciones El Cairo, a Mexico-registered…

Adventus, Salazar get key permit for Ecuadorean copper-gold project

Canadian mining companies Adventus Mining and Salazar Resources have secured a positive Certificate of No Affect of Water by the…

MRG to form JV with Wickbury for REE project in Zimbabwe

MRG Metals, an Australia-based mineral exploration company, has signed a binding memorandum of understanding (MoU) with Wickbury Investments to form…

Glencore to pause funding for troubled nickel plant in New Caledonia

Glencore has decided to halt funding for the Koniambo Nickel SAS (KNS) business from the end of February 2024. The…

Buenassa plans to build $350m copper-cobalt smelter in Congo

Privately held Congolese company Buenassa is planning to build a copper-cobalt smelter in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), with…

Vale, Brazil’s Port of Açu team up for low-carbon steel production

Vale has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with the Port of Açu Operações, a deep-sea port complex, to assess…

Pan American Silver sells projects in Argentina and Peru

Pan American Silver has closed the sale of its 56.25% interest in the MARA copper-gold project in Argentina and its…

FPX Nickel signs MoU to strengthen battery supply chain

FPX Nickel has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with Japanese companies to bolster the battery metal supply chain with…